In a somewhat different vein, John Bawls suggests that Mill's «proof» of utility amounts to this: If happiness is the sole good (and this is what Mill attempts to show in his chapter on the proof of utility), then the greatest happiness principle is the only
plausible candidate for a single ultimate standard of morality.
I don't think they had a good response, though, to the pathology of the present presidential race for the Republican nomination: The party has run out of
plausible candidates before anyone has even voted.
Astronomers generally agree that enormous black holes lurk at the centre of most galaxies, and have
identified plausible candidates in many galaxies, including the neighbouring dwarf galaxy M32 — and our own Milky Way.
«While the papacy is undoubtedly a continuing stumbling block for many, the Bishop of Rome is also the only
historical plausible candidate to exercise an effective worldwide ministry of unity.»
Plausible candidates include the Fifth District in northeastern Queens and northwestern Nassau County on Long Island (Gary Ackerman's seat), and the 11th District in central Brooklyn (Yvette Clarke's seat), which is significantly underpopulated.
A much more disciplined, articulate and
plausible candidate who is heavily favored, Lhota has channeled the ghost of Rudy Giuliani back into New York politics.
Until last year, the idiosyncratic Scottish auteur behind «Ratcatcher» and «We Need to Talk About Kevin» wasn't even a
remotely plausible candidate to direct a blockbuster spy movie that comes with a full set of baggage — prior to her most recent film, Ramsay seemed as well - suited for James Bond as Apichatpong Weersethakul does for the next «Star Wars» spin - off.
Thus, a «stray black hole» floating around the supermassive black hole is the
most plausible candidate for each of the driving sources of the two clouds.
If the current episode is a recession,
a plausible candidate for the peak is December 2014; monthly GDP has declined in the four months since then.
A system that decimates or discourages
every plausible candidate before anyone even votes can't be good.
Its singularity and portent make
it a plausible candidate for the ground of the self.
The problem is, I repeat, there is
no plausible candidate but Romney.
Once we apply the tools of information theory, all
the plausible candidates fall out of the race.
In a genuine democracy, the voters» prior commitments are likely to be fairly evenly divided between
the plausible candidates, so that the campaign itself is largely a matter of persuading the uncommitted and the apathetic.
Despite fluctuating popularity at various points, Trump's consistent themes of uncontrolled immigration, free trade harms to manufacturing, reduced tax rates and job creation kept him afloat as
a plausible candidate amongst his core constituency.
Democrats have come up with
a plausible candidate for the supervisor job in Paul Andreassen.
She had been viewed as
a plausible candidate against Mr. de Blasio either in a Democratic primary or in a general election, running as a Republican or on third - party ballot lines.
They regard brown dwarfs as one
plausible candidate.
Typically, by now there's either a clear frontrunner or the competition has come down to two
plausible candidates, generally one more safe / mainstream and one more interesting / edgy.
The jury is out on which model inspired Francis Picabia's exuberant and large - scale Elle danse of 1948, but perhaps the most
plausible candidate is the Polish dancer Stacia Napierkowska, who captivated his imagination on board the steamship that carried him to New York for the famous Armory Show of 1913 and whose risqué performances promptly got her arrested in the US.
Justice Richard Wagner is the senior Quebec judge on the court and «in my mind, that certainly makes
him a plausible candidate,» Macfarlane says.
To be more specific,
a plausible candidate for automated contract creation might be the... [Read more...]
To be more specific,
a plausible candidate for automated contract creation might be the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO).
Some plausible candidates for what will be unveiled include the Gionee F6, Gionee M2018, Gionee S11 and S11 Plus, and the Gionee M7 Plus.
The Steve Jobs theater in Apple Park seems like
a plausible candidate but it still does not seem to be ready.
This study asked whether parental smoking cessation was associated with lowered levels of adolescent smoking and whether smoking - specific parenting behaviors and attitudes (both implicit and explicit) were
plausible candidates to mediate such effects.